Currently the district covers outer parts of Eastern Moscow.

The district has been represented since 2024 by Communist Vyacheslav Arbuzov, a former Ivanovo Oblast Duma Deputy Chairman, who succeeded one-term Communist incumbent Yelena Yanchuk from District 18 after Yanchuk was deselected at the party convention.

1993–1997: Lefortovo, Nizhegorodsky, Tekstilshchiki, Yuzhnoportovy The district covered parts of South-Eastern Moscow.

2009–2014: Kurkino, Mitino, Molzhaninovsky, Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo, Severnoye Tushino, Shchukino, Yuzhnoye Tushino[2] The district was created prior to the 2009 election, after the number of constituencies was increased from 15 to 17.

The district was based primarily in North-Western Moscow as well as Molzhaninovsky District in Northern Moscow, which were previously divided between districts 3 and 15 2014–2024: part of Ivanovskoye, Perovo, part of Sokolinaya Gora, Vostochny[3] The district was completely rearranged in the 2014 redistricting as it was moved to Eastern Moscow.